PROBLEM STATEMENT My app gives a missing-template error if the user enters nothing into a provided text_area. But if something is provided, everything works fine. I''m still a newbie, so I don''t really understand the automatic connection between things. Is it a problem that I have "views/thingee/new.rhtml" and a "create" method in "controllers/thingee_controller.rb", where . stands for my thingee. I''m guessing not, since it''s OK if I give content to the text_area. But maybe I''m still supposed to follow a convention, and the problem only crops up with empty content ...??? You can tell by the fact that I write "thingee" that I don''t really know what words to use for things, and I''ve not discovered a standard convention by scanning these forum postings. APPLICATION SETUP 1. In views/thingees/new.rhtml <% form_for :foo, :url => {:action => ''create''} do |form| %> <%= form.text_area :content, :cols => 60, :rows => 4 %> <%= text_field_with_auto_complete :tag, :content, { :size => 60}, {:skip_style => false, :tokens => ['' '', '','', '';'']} %> <%= submit_tag "Submit" %> <% end %> 2. In app/controllers/thingees_controller def create ... if @rabbit.save (NEVER GETS HERE) ... 3. In app/db/migrate/001_create_thingees.rb ... t.column :content, :text, :default => "" # NB. I''ve also tried no default, and a nil default. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---